Other Farm Product Raw Material Merchant Wholesalers
Key Figures
Figures are published for NAICS 424590 directly.
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Official definition
This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in the merchant wholesale distribution of farm products (except grain and field beans, livestock, raw milk, live poultry, and fresh fruits and vegetables).
Source: US Census Bureau, 2017 NAICS Definitions. Public domain.
Illustrative examples
- Chicks, live, merchant wholesalers
- Mules merchant wholesalers
- Hides merchant wholesalers
- Raw cotton merchant wholesalers
- Horses merchant wholesalers
- Raw pelts merchant wholesalers
- Leaf tobacco merchant wholesalers
- Sod merchant wholesalers
Which code does this activity belong in?
Code 424590 covers the merchant wholesale distribution of farm products not explicitly assigned to other categories. The boundary excludes grain and field beans, which are classified in Grain and Field Bean Merchant Wholesalers, and livestock, which belongs to Livestock Merchant Wholesalers. Establishments distributing raw materials such as cotton, tobacco, hides, pelts, and live poultry chicks fall within this code, as do those handling sod and other farm byproducts outside the excluded categories.